Rune Information | Normal Runes | Exceptional Runes | Elite Runes | Uber Runes
Runes are small stones inscribed with magical glyphs that can be inserted into Socketed Items. Runes are different from other Insertable Items: not only do individual Runes have set magical properties, certain combinations (or Rune Words), when inserted into an item in the proper order, give that item even more wondrous abilities.
Runes can be used to create Crafted Items.
Normal Runes
Runes are listed from most common to least common: El, Eld, Tir, Nef, Eth, Ith, Tal, Ral, Ort, Amn, Shael, and Thul are pretty common. You receive Ral, Ort and Tal as a quest reward in Act V. You shouldn't trade much for them since you can find them pretty easily with regular play. Don't fall for the "1 Shael or/+ Amn for 1 SOJ" scam. You can find these yourself. If you're thinking of freeing up space, throw those Runes away and save all Runes from Sol through Zod.
Normal Runes go from El to Zod.
Some of these Runes are more valuable than others depending
on their stats and how they are used in Rune Words or Crafted Recipes.
Exceptional Runes
Exceptional Runes go from Onz to Zok. They are similar to Normal Runes, but are harder to find, and have better stats.
Elite Runes
Exceptional Runes go from Pria to At. They each have two (2) mods and are even better and harder to find that Exceptional Runes.
Uber Runes
Uber Runes are Runes that are "Colored", Which means they appear in color. You will notice which runes are Uber Runes because they are not gray like normal runes, but rather have colors. (Ex; Red, Green, Blue, ...)
We do not recommend you trade these runes unless you are in dire need of a item.
Rune Words
If the player puts certain combinations of Runes in the correct order into an item with exactly that number of sockets and of the correct item type, the item's name will change into a "unique" name, displayed in gold, and the item will acquire extra powers, depending on the "rune word" that was used. [Learn more about Rune Words.] |
